TOO MUCH

Last weekend was considered by many to be the greatest weekend for football of the year. WHY. 8 teams. 4 games. Everyone watched. Everyone was engaged. OK in fairness not EVERYONE watched. MOST. What made is so great? Focus. It's what makes the final four great about the time the elite 8 are sorted out. It's what makes baseball playoffs great... San Francisco Cardinals. The Super Bowl is anti-climatic. Even this coming weekend is bound to be more vanilla than cayenne. I hated this year's bowl season for college football. Yes I watched a few, but they were meaningless. Alabama Notre Dame was interesting for a while until it was no longer. When I lived in Germany we had only a few sports teams we followed. Not the plethora you see today. The cereal Aisle was the same. There were a dozen cereals for sale. It was enough. In the usa, the amount of choice means no one focuses. Here's my point. WE HAVE too many sports teams AND the seasons are too long. Simplify. It's a metaphor for our cultural crisis.